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Mobile Firm Launches handset for 4-year olds |
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Written by Kristin
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Wednesday, 30 November 2005 |
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It's small, blue and more likely to end up in children's mouths than in their hands where it belongs. This week a British company launched a teddy-bear shaped mobile phone for four-year-olds.
But the handset is hardly cutting edge and unlikely to be a design classic. Teddyfone uses the most basic
mobile phone technology. It has four buttons - one on each paw - to speed-dial four numbers. It also has two panic buttons - one close to each ear - that a child can press in an emergency. The speaker is concealed in the nose. There is no keypad and no screen. There is also a child-tracking service for worried parents who, for 50p, can find out out where their son or daughter is.
The manufacturer claims its handset is safer than others on the market because the emissions are up to 10 times lower, but yesterday the campaign group Powerwatch expressed concern.
Paul Liesching, Teddyfone's managing director, said: "There is no evidence that mobile phone radiation is bad for the health. My four-year-old son Felix has a Teddyfone and he calls me every other day on it. Mummies and daddies can't be at home as often as they'd like.
"I understand that parents are concerned about radiation, but I would encourage them to do some research and make their own minds up. Parenting is all about making decisions.
"It's not going to be attractive to your average hoodie-wearing thug standing on a street corner. It's not an absolute answer to safety."
Mr Liesching said his company had received orders for about 4,500 Teddyfones. The handset is free. Calls are charged at standard rate. |
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